Vimy Ridge, Battle of Arras (April 9-12, 1917)

Arras N.E.
Arras N.E.
Series Number Id: GSGS 3389. Sheet number: part of sheet 51. Battle of Arras preparations; trench, target and hostile battery map 19-3-17. "3rd Field Survey Co. R.E (1456)". "Ordnance Survey, February 1917." Grey base map; German trenches and names red; British trenches to depth of 300 yards blue. Overprint in dark blue: "Target Map" [and hostile battery] with artillery details. Overprint in green: [enemy organisation] reference; shows railways, roads and tracks chiefly used, and more., Location: Research Collections; Fonds: WW1 Trench Maps: France; Box number: PC21; envelope_number: 669.
Arras N.E.
Arras N.E.
Series Number Id: GSGS 3389. Sheet number: part of sheet 51. Battle of Arras preparations; trench target and hostile battery map 5-3-17. "3rd Field Survey Coy R.E. (1403)." "Ordnance Survey, February 1917." Grey base map. German trenches and names red; British trenches to depth of 300 yards blue. Overprint in purple: [artillery intelligence], [target and hostile battery], artillery details. Overprint in green: [enemy organisation] reference; railways, roads and tracks chiefly used, and more., Location: Research Collections; Fonds: WW1 Trench Maps: France; Box number: PC21; envelope_number: 668.
Arras N.E. : Third Army situation map, 9-4-17
Arras N.E. : Third Army situation map, 9-4-17
Series Number Id: [GSGS 3389]. Sheet number: part of sheet 51. Edition number: [2]. Cropped sheet. "Army situation map, 8 p.m., [time crossed out and overprinted with] 6-30 p.m., 9-4-17." German trenches and names red; British trenches to depth of 300 yards blue. Overprint includes: Reference to organisation and artillery. Includes typescript note from Brig.-Gen. H.H. Tudor, C.R.A. 9th Division, "To O.C. "Maps" 3rd : Army [Lt.-Col. H. Winterbotham RE]"., Location: Research Collections; Fonds: WW1 Trench Maps: France; Box number: PC20; envelope_number: 645.
Combined situation map, First, Third & Fifth Armies, no. 3
Combined situation map, First, Third & Fifth Armies, no. 3
Series Number Id: GSGS 3456. Sheet number: part of sheet 57. Combined situation map, German retirement and Battle of Arras, 1917. Title in blue overprint. Grey detail; water blue. In blue overprint: British Front Line evening of 12-4-17 in solid blue; British Front Line evening of 16-3-17 in pecked blue., Location: Research Collections; Fonds: WW1 Trench Maps: France; Box number: PC19; envelope_number: 583.
Farbus
Farbus
Series Number Id: GSGS 3458. Sheet number: part of Sheet 36. Battles of Vimy Ridge and Arras, First Army situation map 10 April 1917. "Ordnance Survey, March, 1917." Detail, contours and squaring grey. Overprint in blue: First Army Front, Situation at 4.0 p.m. 10/4/17; shows original Front Line pecked blue, Advanced Line (on east slope of Hill 145 and Vimy Ridge) solid blue line, patrols (east of Farbus) large blue dots. Also in blue overprint: 1st Field Survey Co., R.E. 2066., WW1 Trench Map Collection: Box PC16, Envelope 446.
First Army Front, Ref Map E
First Army Front, Ref Map E
Manuscript map by Lieutenant John William Southin, 14 Platoon, D Company, CEF, delineating objectives for the Battle of Vimy Ridge. Map coordinates for objectives are given at the bottom and correspond with the two locations along the road by the Bois de la Ville designated by an "X". A third X and a partial trench are also indicated in ink. The area corresponds to trench map sheet 51b NW1, squares A5, A6, and B1. Donated by Southin's grandaughter, Mary Henricksen of Toronto. Location: Research Collections, Fonds: WWI Trench Maps France, Box 14, Envelope 7.
Roclincourt
Roclincourt
GSGS series number 3062, sheet 51b NW1, edition 6a. Location: Research Collections, WW1 Trench Maps: box PC03, envelope 65
Savy
Savy
Series Number Id: UNKNOWN. Sheet number: part of sheet 51. Third Army route map before the Battle of Arras, 1917. [Drawn by] "1st Printing Coy., R.E. 3rd Army (953)." [Printed by] "No 4 Advanced Section A.P & S.S." "27.2.17" in red overprint. Traffic routes in red and blue overprint. Shows northern half of Third Army area - Arras in SE corner. Used by Major J. C. Thomson MC, OC 20th Siege Battery RGA (8-inch hows)., Location: Research Collections; Fonds: WW1 Trench Maps: France; Box number: PC20; envelope_number: 644.
Vimy
Vimy
GSGS series number 3062, sheet 36c SW3, edition 8a. Location: Research Collections; Fonds: WW1 Trench Maps: France; Box number: PC03; envelope_number: 77
[Canadian Attack on Vimy Ridge, 1917 36c.SW.3.] La Folie Farm
[Canadian Attack on Vimy Ridge, 1917 36c.SW.3.] La Folie Farm
Location: Research Collections, Fonds: WWI Trench Maps France, Box 12, Envelope 12.
[Letter to Sergeant McIntosh, 14 Platoon, D Company, CEF]
[Letter to Sergeant McIntosh, 14 Platoon, D Company, CEF]
Letter in cursive handwriting from John William Southin, Lieutenant, 14 Platton, D Company, CEF. dated 23.2.17. "Sergt. McIntosh: Iam sending you 15 pair of socks for the platoon. Give them to the men who require them the most. The socks are a gift." Letter donated by Southin's grandaughter, Mary Henricksen of Toronto. Location: Research Collections, Fonds: WWI Trench Maps France, Box 14, Envelope 7.
[Vimy Ridge]
[Vimy Ridge]
German map of La Folie Farm area of Vimy Ridge, just north of Neuville St. Vaast. The map is based on a captured map ("nach einer beutekarte") dated July 13, 1915 and published as a preliminary edition on September 16, 1916. Sheet number 3. German designated sectors of Doberitz, Fischer, and Arnulf are labelled. Trenches are numbered rather than named, and are shown in more detail than on Allied maps due to secrecy restrictions. The map is said to have been found among the German dead after the battle by Lieutenant John William Southin, 14 Platoon, D Company, CEF of Ladysmith B.C. and was donated by his grandaughter, Mary Henricksen of Toronto. Location: Research Collections, Fonds: WWI Trench Maps France, Box 14, Envelope 7.